The Old Artist

From the 90’s Public Access TV show Jazz After Dark w/ Matt Kendrick The song is called “The Old Artist“ by Matt Kendrick it is based on a charcoal drawing of the same name by Leonard Baskin. Hugh Petersen-drums Matt Kendrick-bass Steve Blake-sax Alan Neese-trumpet LEONARD BASKIN-1922-2000 THE OLD ARTIST, 1963 “THE FORGING OF WORKS OF ART IS ONE OF MAN’S REMAINING SEMBLANCES TO DIVINITY. MAN HAS BEEN INCAPABLE OF LOVE, WANTING IN CHARITY, AND DESPAIRING OF HOPE. HE HAS NOT MOLDED A LIFE OF ABUNDANCE AND PEACE, AND HE HAS CHARTED THE EARTH AND BEFOULED THE HEAVENS MORE WANTONLY THEN EVER BEFORE. HE HAS MADE OF ARDEN, A LANDSCAPE OF DEATH. IN THIS GARDEN I DWELL, AND LIMING THE HORROR, THE DEGRADATION, AND THE FILTH; I HOLD THE CRACKED MIRROR UP TO MAN. ALL PREVIOUS ART MAKES THIS INEVITABLE.“ ---- Leonard Baskin---